Brent Allen Brown

CRD 2227346 · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated · Southlake, TX

IA RegisteredBroker

Registration & licensing

As recorded in SEC IAPD / FINRA BrokerCheck

Broker-dealer registration: Active
Investment adviser registration: Active
Exams passed (6): Series 65Series 63SIESeries 31Series 7Series 6
Registered states (8): Illinois · Michigan · New York · Ohio · Puerto Rico · South Carolina · Tennessee · Texas
Years in the industry (source record): 34
Professional designations: Not yet retrieved from the source record

Disclosures

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Current firm

From the firm record

Firm: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
Firm CRD: 7691
SEC number: 801-14235
Assets under management: $1.8T as of Jun 29, 2026
Website: www.merrilledge.com/GUIDED-INVESTING ↗
Phone: 800-637-7455
Firm location: New York, NY, 10036

Employment history (11)

From the source registration record · current first

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Southlake, TX · IA capacity

Jun 23, 2023 → present
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith IncorporatedCurrent
Southlake, TX · BC capacity

start not retrieved → present
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
BD capacity

May 30, 2008 → Jun 29, 2023
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC
IA capacity

May 30, 2008 → Jun 29, 2023
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
BD capacity

May 2, 2001 → Jun 3, 2008
Wells Fargo Investments, LLC
IA capacity

May 2, 2001 → Jun 3, 2008
Wells Fargo Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Jan 10, 1997 → May 2, 2001
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 24, 1996 → Jan 17, 1997
Fidelity Brokerage Services, Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 29, 1993 → Apr 23, 1996
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
BD capacity

Apr 20, 1992 → Jul 27, 1992
Metlife Securities Inc.
BD capacity

Apr 20, 1992 → Jul 27, 1992

Source & corrections

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